ABUSE  VICTIMS: STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS REFORM In a recent New York Times article, Lawrence Lessig, a law professor at Harvard, noted the continuing role of the Catholic Church in opposing any change in New York State’s Statute of Limitations with respect to the ability of Sexual Abuse victims seeking redress for the harm they suffered. [...]

While sexual abuse claims have been rampant among clergy affiliated with the Catholic Church over the past many years, the clergy of all other religions are not immune from these allegations. The Borough of Brooklyn in New York City hosts one of the largest concentrations of Jews in the United States. On average some 700 [...]

A bill that would have extended the statute of limitations for victims of sexual abuse did not pass the State Assembly during this year’s legislative session. The Child Victims Act (A.2596) was pulled from the calendar on June 23, 2009 after Assembly leaders decided the bill did not have enough votes to pass. Under current [...]

Clergy Sexual Abuse Legislation in New York It now appears as if the New York State legislature will not be passing legislation that would extend the Statute of Limitations for bringing a lawsuit for victims of sexual abuse. Currently a person has until the age of twenty-three to bring a lawsuit. The new legislation would [...]

What is the status of legislation that is designed to extend the Statue of Limitations in New York for sexual abuse? With the change in control of the New York State Senate going from the Republicans to the Democrats after several decades, advocates for extending the time that a person may file a lawsuit for [...]

It is a sad fact that so many of the children in the foster care system are victims of physical and sexual abuse.  Children who are in the foster care system are there in the first place because they either have no parents, or their natural parents have failed them.  These children are probably the [...]